Eco-friendly SUVs at Seoul Motor Show

Eco-friendly electric cars

31 Mar, 2013

Text: AFP

Gas-guzzling SUVs, eco-friendly electric cars and the odd brave attempt to marry the selling points of both are taking centre stage at the biennial Seoul Motor Show.

Carmakers including Hyundai, Toyota, GM, BMW, Volkswagen and Ford are taking part in the 10-day event, with nine models making their global debut as Seoul seeks to catch up with better-known Asian auto shows in Tokyo and Beijing.

Sports utility vehicles, including Toyota's fourth-generation RAV4, are still the fore, despite their heavy frames and high fuel consumption -- long seen as challenges to luring drivers in Asia's congested cities.

In pic: A South Korean model posing with BMW i8 Concept during a press preview of the Seoul Motor Show in Goyang, north of Seoul.